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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 78 · 1962
Baranagar
Winner — 1962
JYOTI BASU
CPI· Left
CPI 57.0%INC 38.3%5 others 4.8%
Votes
40,830
57.0% share
Winning margin
13,412
18.7% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
73.5%
of 97,500
Baranagar is a safe seat — JYOTI BASU won by 18.7%.
Seat history
All Candidates
7 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JYOTI BASU | Left | 40,830 | 57.0% |
| 2 | DHIRENDRA NATH CHATTOPADHYAY | INC | 27,418 | 38.3% |
| 3 | KAMAKHYA KUMAR GUHA | 1,485 | 2.1% | |
| 4 | BIJOY RATNA SEN SHARMA | Praja Socialist Party | 974 | 1.4% |
| 5 | SANKAR GHOSH | 490 | 0.7% | |
| 6 | SANNYASI CHARAN NATH | Swatantra Party | 307 | 0.4% |
| 7 | MOHINI MOHAN BANDOPADHYAY | IND | 167 | 0.2% |
DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.
Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.
Average turnout (225th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe18.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.6% · min 1.1% · max 64.5%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
92%
lowerhigher
225th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.69
fewer partiesmore parties
58th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
278th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
252 seats · 127 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.69EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 57.0%INC 38.3%OTH 4.8%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
51,67,600
Density
1316 / km²
Sex ratio
947 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,927 km²
SC population29.9%
ST population2.7%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
72%HINDU
Hindu 72.2%Muslim 26.8%Other 1.1%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water16.2%
Electricity50.6%
Sanitation77.6%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.7%
Children fully vaccinated89.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.1%
Children underweight (under 5)25.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER73.4%
Women literate76.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.9%
Clean cooking fuel34.2%
Health insurance23.0%
What's nearby?
1 locationSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.